Abstracts
Abstract
This study set out to determine the types of processing involved when subjects perform sight translation compared to both sight interpretation and simultaneous interpretation, but more specifically whether performance is enhanced or hindered by the visual presentation of the material to be interpreted. Results indicated that both sight translation and sight interpretation yielded significantly higher performance scores than simultaneous interpretation, indicating that the added feature of visual exposure to the message to be interpreted does not necessarily interfere with a subject’s already overloaded capacity to listen and speak simultaneously, but that in fact, it may even help the student’s performance. Pedagogically speaking, it is recommended that sight interpretation be included in any cognitive approach to a simultaneous-interpreter training program.
Keywords/Mots-clés:
- sight translation,
- sight interpretation,
- simultaneous interpretation,
- shared attention,
- divided attention
Résumé
Le but de cette étude est d’établir le genre de traitement de l’information utilisé pour la traduction à vue comparé à l’interprétation à vue et à l’interprétation simultanée, et, plus précisément, de déterminer si la performance est rehaussée ou entravée par la présence visuelle de l’information à interpréter. Les résultats indiquent que la traduction à vue et l’interprétation à vue ont une meilleure performance que l’interprétation simultanée, et laissent entendre que le facteur supplémentaire de l’exposition visuelle du message à traduire ou à interpréter rehausse la capacité déjà surchargée du sujet à parler et à écouter simultanément. Il est donc recommandé que l’interprétation à vue fasse partie de la formation des interprètes de conférence.
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